What's this? Gunmen in army uniforms have kidnapped 100 people in Iraq's Ministry of Education. The BBC mentions that academics have been targeted for assassination in particular (it doesn't mention that these have often been critics of the occupation), but this doesn't look like that kind of attack. This is either the beginning of a coup attempt or a deliberate strike in a civil war. It's believed to have been carried out by members of "Shia Muslim-dominated security forces", which means it's the Badr Corps, one of the most violent sectarian forces operating in Iraq today, and happily integrated into the Ministry of Interior by the CIA.